Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhonghe weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Zhonghe: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhongduo (49 km away). In October its highs average 19.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Zhonghe, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhonghe ranks joint 509th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 846th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zhonghe is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Zhonghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 133 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 184 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 241 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 268 | 18.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 151 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 13.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 10.410 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Zhongduo in OctoberChina · 49 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 145 mm rain
- Jishou in OctoberChina · 74 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Fenghuang in OctoberChina · 83 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in OctoberChina · 84 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in OctoberChina · 122 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Hanjia in OctoberChina · 124 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Huaihua in OctoberChina · 140 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in OctoberChina · 154 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 145 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zhonghe) is explained once on the Zhonghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.